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Hong WEI

Plano,TX

Summary

A dedicated professional with over a decade of experience in teaching, research, and social media coordination. Holds dual Master’s degrees in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and in Cell and Molecular Biology. Proven track record in supporting educational activities, conducting advanced research, and managing social media operations. Proficient in cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, programming (R, Python, Java), and bioinformatics.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Graduate Teaching Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas
01.2012 - 05.2022
  • Kept accurate records of student performance to track student progress and provide feedback on performance.
  • Worked with teachers in evaluating student progress, needs and gains.
  • Mentored students through office hours and one-on-one communication.
  • Supported teachers by helping students learn and preparing lessons, including lecture/ laboratory preparation, exam preparation, making homework questions, grading homework/ exam papers/ students thesis , teaching and reviewing course contents in weekly workshop.
  • Being Teaching assistant for the following 7 different courses:
  • Undergraduate level courses: Introduction of Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology laboratory, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry,
  • Graduate level courses: Biotechnology Lab, Applied Bioinformatics, Introduction to Programming for Biological Sciences

Research Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas
01.2012 - 05.2015

Worked on a project titled "The Role of Exopolysaccharides During the Invasion of Alfalfa by Sinorhizobium meliloti", related skills and experience include bacterial culture, bacterial separation, plant cultivation, separation and purification of polysaccharides, PCR, application of spectrophotometer.

Research Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas
09.2016 - 12.2023

Worked on the project titled 'Small RNA deep-sequencing analysis pipeline with multiple mapped reads', related skills and experience include data cleaning, data analysis, Linux and programming (R, Python and Java) and other bioinformatics related skills.

Social Media Coordinator

Cheng Guo Entertainment
06.2021 - Current

While I currently support Cheng Guo Entertainment as a part-time online Social Media Coordinator based on personal interest. The main responsibilities include recruiting and training streamers; scheduling, assisting streamers with all necessary preparations and emergency plans; notifying and adjusting the streamer's status in a timely manner; managing streamers' performance, identifying points for improvement during live streams, proposing corresponding improvement plans, and motivating streamers.

Education

Master of Science - Business Analytics

Trine University
Phoenix
05-2026

PhD Candidate - Molecular And Cell Biology

The University of Texas At Dallas
Richardson, TX
12-2023

Master of Science - Biomathematics And Computational Biology

The University of Texas At Dallas
Richardson, TX
05-2022

Master of Science - Cellular And Molecular Biology

The University of Texas At Dallas
Richardson, TX
05-2014

Skills

  • Data management
  • Technical writing
  • Scientific presentation skills
  • Academic research
  • Project management
  • Python / Perl / R (data analysis, scripting)
  • Bash/Linux command line
  • Bioinformatics pipeline development
  • Genomic and RNA-seq data analysis
  • Bacterial culturing
  • PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
  • DNA/RNA extraction
  • Plant cultivation on culture plates
  • Symbiotic interaction assays

Languages

English
Full Professional
Chinese
Native or Bilingual

Software

Anaconda

Microsoft Office

Linux/Unix OS

MATLAB

Bioconductor

Adobe Photoshop

Certification

Data Science with R

Data Visualization with R

SQL for Data Science with R

Data Visualization and Dashboards with Excel and Cognos

Excel Basics for Data Analysis

Introduction to Data Analytics

Data Analysis with R

Timeline

Social Media Coordinator

Cheng Guo Entertainment
06.2021 - Current

Research Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas
09.2016 - 12.2023

Graduate Teaching Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas
01.2012 - 05.2022

Research Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas
01.2012 - 05.2015

Master of Science - Business Analytics

Trine University

PhD Candidate - Molecular And Cell Biology

The University of Texas At Dallas

Master of Science - Biomathematics And Computational Biology

The University of Texas At Dallas

Master of Science - Cellular And Molecular Biology

The University of Texas At Dallas
Hong WEI